Spring Open Day 2023
Hello Gardeners
In this special edition newsletter you'll find all the important details about our upcoming Spring Open Day on Sunday 15th October 2023 and up coming events.
Upcoming Events
Working Bees
Sunday 3rd September, from 10am to 1pm(ish)
Sunday 17th September, from 10am to 1pm(ish)
Sunday 24th September, from 10am. This will be an all-day major working bee to ensure the garden is ready for the Spring Open Day. Bring a plate to share at lunch time.
Sunday 8th October, from 10am to 1pm (ish), this will be our last chance to complete any larger jobs or those outstanding from previous working bees
Saturday 14th October, from 10am. This is usually just a tidy up the day before Open Day
Location: all working bees are at North Brighton Community Garden, 61 Bowker Street, North Brighton. Please use the Brimble St or Bowker St car parks
What to bring: Gardening gloves and drink bottle.
Working bees are a great opportunity to meet new people and help contribute to the garden. There are plenty of tasks for all ages and abilities.
New MEmber Orientation
When: Sunday 3rd September at 11am
When: Sunday 8th October at 11am
Where: all new member orientations are at North Brighton Community Garden, 61 Bowker Street, North Brighton
Avocado Planting workshop
When: Sun 17th September at 10am
Where: North Brighton Community Garden
Cost: FREE
Come and learn all the avoca-do’s and don’ts as we plant out our new Reed avocado tree. This will be a practical workshop covering plant & site selection, soil preparation, shade structure construction, planting demonstration and maintenance.
Avocados are fantastic trees and with a bit of care, are a lot easier to grow than you’d expect!
Spring Open Day
When: Sunday 15th October, 10am to 2pm
Where: North Brighton Community Garden
61 Bowker Street, Bowker Oval, North Brighton
Spring Open Day - call out for VOLUNTEERS
A lot of planning has gone into this event, and we need your help to ensure the Spring Open day is successful.
Any time you can spare on the day would be amazing - you do not need to commit to helping for the whole day! Ideally, we’ll get enough people volunteering that everyone has the opportunity to have a break and enjoy the day. Plus, it's always a lot of fun getting to know so many people!
If you are able to help on the day, please send us an email to northbrightoncg@gmail.com and let us know if you have any preference where you would like to help and the timeframe you would be available.
Help required on the day:
Bake or Plant Sale stand
BBQ stand – cooking & selling
Setting up & packing up infrastructure
Selling of raffle tickets
General helper aka floater - help direct visitors and cover stands as needed.
Can't make it on the day? Why not consider baking something for the bake sale?
Plant Fosterers Needed
Do you have a sunny protected spot at home? Our greenhouse is overflowing with seedlings we're growing for our spring sale, and we need people to foster a tray of seedlings. Let us know if you can help.
Spring Open Day -BAKE SALE
Each year we’ve had an incredible bake sale thanks to the members of our community for donating some seriously delicious baked goods. Then other member’s buying and enjoying the baked goods.
We would love to match previous year’s bake sale and are looking for donations of baked goods on the day. Preferably items that can be sold individually. Sweet or Savoury – the choice is yours!
Please remember to label with ALL ingredients.
Happy Gardening
Lisa & North Brighton Community Garden Committee